Shahriyar Mamedyarov, an Azerbaijani grandmaster, was able to advance 2 places in the world ranking thanks to his performance at the "Grand Swiss" tournament held in Samarkand (Uzbekistan).
According to Idman.biz, Mamedyarov scored 0.8 points and rose from 16th to 14th place.
He currently has 2741.8 points. Since he will not participate in any tournament with classic time control until the end of the month, he is expected to maintain his position in the new FIDE rating, which will be published on October 1.
The current top ten of the world ranking is as follows:
1. Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2839)
2. Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2807)
3. Fabiano Caruana (USA, 2789)
4. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (India, 2785)
5. Arjun Erigaisi (India, 2771)
6. Gukesh Dommaraju (India, 2767)
7. Wesley So (USA, 2756)
8. Alireza Firouzja (France, 2754)
9. Wei Yi (China, 2753)
10. Vincent Keymer (Germany, 2751)
Let us remind you that Mamedyarov took 13th place in the Grand Swiss competition in Samarkand, scoring 7 points. He is expected to participate in the European Team Championship in Batumi (Georgia) in October and the World Cup in Goa, India.
Teymur Tushiyev
Idman.biz